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BANC MSS 2014/220
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Sonya Rapoport papers
creator:
Rapoport, Sonya
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2014/220
Physical Description:
30 linear feet
(18 cartons, 6 boxes, 7 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1937-2014
Abstract: The Sonya Rapoport papers document the life and work of this American conceptual/ digital artist. Included in the collection
are artworks, research for artworks, exhibition announcements, correspondence and other materials documenting Rapoport's work
over the course of five decades.
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
No additions are expected.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Sonya Rapoport papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Sonya Rapoport in 2014.
Arranged as received.
Sonya Rapoport was an American conceptual/ digital artist. Rapoport was born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 6, 1923.
She studied at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston University and New York University, where she earned a B.A. in Labor Economics
in 1946. She and her husband Henry Rapoport moved to Berkeley, California in 1947. She then continued her education, earning
a masters in art practice in 1949 from the University of California. In the 1970s Rapoport turned her artistic focus to electronic
media, a medium in which she worked until her death in 2014.
[Identification of item], Sonya Rapoport Papers, BANC MSS 2014/220, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff in 2015.
The Sonya Rapoport papers document the life and work of this American conceptual/ digital artist. Included in the collection
are artworks, research for artworks, exhibition announcements, correspondence and other materials documenting Rapoport's work
over the course of five decades.
The papers were organized by Rapoport and an assistant prior to their being donated to the Bancroft Library. The series structure
and organization imposed by Rapoport and her assistant have been retained.
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Digital material transferred to the Digital Collections of the Bancroft Library.
In 2019, the following materials were separated from the collection and transferred permanently to the collections of the
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive:
Carton 8, folder 46: Objects on my Dresser: Phase 11 - Remainder 1981 (only the one hand-colored artist book, not rest of
contents in folder); 8.75 x 11.25 inches
Carton 8, folder 51: Objects on my Dresser: Phase 11 - Surface Materials 1981 (only hand-colored artist book, not rest of
contents in folder); 8.75 x 11.25 inches
Box 5: Anasazi Series: Panel 1-B 1977 (Note that this folio, and three following were all considered one art object by Sonya);
12 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Anasazi Series: Panel 1-C 1977 14 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Anasazi Series: Panel 4 1977 15 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Anasazi Series: Panel 5 1977 14 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Doors of My House Drawings 1978; 37 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Doors of My House: Data Drawings 1978 – 1979; 40 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Original Cobalt Drawing 1977; 7 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Kiva Studio Drawing 1/2 1978 - 1980( Note that this folio, and the one following were all considered one art object
by Sonya); 43 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 5: Kiva Studio Drawing 2/2 1978 – 1980; 41 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 6: Shoe Field Book: Original Full Copy 1986; 28 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Box 6: The Book of Genesis Drawing 1976; 57 pages; 11 x 14.875 inches
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction
of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions,
privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond
that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user. All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in
writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women artists -- California
Conceptual art
Rapoport, Sonya